Phytoplankton composition from two Mediterranean Coastal lakes located in Xeresa and Xeraco wetlands (Valencia, Spain) were studied. These wetlands from the Comunidad Valenciana have an important ecological and botanical value for the Iberian Peninsula, although nowadays they are threatened by turistic and agriculture development. The study lakes are characterized to be shallow (Zmax: 3 m), oligohaline, water transparent, mesotrophic and peat lakes, which are covered by sumerged macrophytes. The phytoplankton observed was similar in both lakes, with cosmopolitan species and abundant small-size microalgae. This size structure is relevant for the maintenance of the complex food-webs of these shallow lakes. The most diverse algal group, in both study lakes, corresponded to chlorophytes. However,
the algal abundance and biomasa was overwhelmed by cyanophytes in the lake of
Xeresa, but by ...
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Phytoplankton composition from two Mediterranean Coastal lakes located in Xeresa and Xeraco wetlands (Valencia, Spain) were studied. These wetlands from the Comunidad Valenciana have an important ecological and botanical value for the Iberian Peninsula, although nowadays they are threatened by turistic and agriculture development. The study lakes are characterized to be shallow (Zmax: 3 m), oligohaline, water transparent, mesotrophic and peat lakes, which are covered by sumerged macrophytes. The phytoplankton observed was similar in both lakes, with cosmopolitan species and abundant small-size microalgae. This size structure is relevant for the maintenance of the complex food-webs of these shallow lakes. The most diverse algal group, in both study lakes, corresponded to chlorophytes. However,
the algal abundance and biomasa was overwhelmed by cyanophytes in the lake of
Xeresa, but by chlorophytes and cryptophytes in the lake of Cap de Terme.

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